Cyclonic dust collector



May 10, 1960 J. A. ARMsTRoNG ETAL 2,936,043

cYcLoNIc DUST COLLECTOR Filed Jan. 9, 195'? v 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 TUBE AXIS INVENT OR HN A. ARMSTRONG JAOLAN B. WALKER .Mm/a. 25/ c B QM MM ATTORNEYS May 10, 1950 J. A. ARMSTRONG EVAL 2,936,043

cycLoNIc DusT COLLECTOR 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan. 9, 1957 INVENTOR mmf/W ABM Hm M JA m A'ITORNEY May l0, 1960 Filed Jan. 9, 1957 fr E5.

J. A. ARMSTRONG TAL CYCLONIC DUST COLLECTOR 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 United Sms Pafejaf O 2,936,043'`` l y cYcLoNIc DUST COLLECTOR John A. Armstrong, Plainfield, and Alan B. Walker, -Bound Brook, NJ., assignors to Research-Cottrell, Inc., Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, NJ., acorporation of Newr Jersey Application January 9, .1957, Serial No. 633,359-V 7 claims. (c1. 18s- 92) ICC Fig. 6 on airadius having'a length equal to 0.153 D of l the collector'tubve.

Referring more particularly to Fig. 1, 10 is a collector tubehaving a taperedv dust outlet 11 at the lower end thereof and a supporting ilange 12 at its upper end. Concentricallypositioned in the upper end of the collector tube is thel outlet tube 13. Arcuate inlet vane assembly 14,comprising a collar `15 and arcuate vanes 16, shown in larger scale in Figs. 2 and '3, is positioned at the inlet end'of the annularseparating space between the collector tube 10 and the outlet tube 13. Recovery Vane lassembly i 17, shown in largerscale in Figs. 5 vand 6 is positioned at the. lower or inlet end of outlet tube 13. v

, '-Ihecharacteristic'feature of the inlet 'vane assembly is the radially disposedvanes 16 which may be supported by an internal collar as shown, or by an external collar, or both, or in any other desired manner. It is the zoV aerodynamic shape of the vanes 16 which produces the desired high tangential gas 'velocities in the annular separating chamber between the collector tube and the outlet tube. The -criticalv parameters of the vane construction may be defined as follows with particular reference to collector tubes in Vorder to take advantage of -thefz'iucreased centrifugal `force on theentrained dust particles by reducing the radiusof rotation of the `gas in the tubes. This approach not only greatly increases the cost o fconstruction for a given'capacity but is limited by-'practical considerationssuch as tube plugging. A

We have found that bythe provision of aerodynamivcally shaped arcuate inlet vanes to increasel the taugen-,r

tial velocity ofthe gas in the collectortubes together-,with helical recovery vanes at the entrance to the outlet tube to recouvert rotational kinetic energy of the cleaned gases to rectilinear kinetic energy, substantially higher cleaning eiciencies may be obtained Without any substantial increase in energy requirements for tubes of corresponding sizes, and collection eiciencies may be obtained vwhich would normally require the use of collector tubes of halfV the size or less of those' used in the collectors of the inY vention. For example, high efciencies of the order ofv those now normally obtained with 9-inch diameter tubes maybe obtained with tubes 16 to 24 inches` in diameter.

j The cyclonic dust collector of the invention comprises a cylindrical collector tube, an outlet tube concentrically positioned in the upper portion of the collector tube and -delining therewith an annular separating chamber, not

less than seven aerodynamically shaped arcuate vanes positioned in the inlet to the separating chamber adjacent the upper end of the collector tube and a plurality of helical recovery vanes positioned at the lower end V,of the outlet multiple depending on the volume of gas Vto be cleaned. The principles of the invention and the preferred constructional features thereof will be more fully explained and describedwith reference tothe accompanying drawings in whichz' Fig.` l is a perspective View with parts broken away of al-ldu'st collector embodying the principles of the invention;

Vflfig; 2 is afplan View and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of anarcuate inlet vane assembly embodying the principles of the invention;

Fig V4 is a median section througha typical inlet vane of'theinvention; f y Fig, 5 is a side elevation of a recovery vane assembly inassociation with the inlet end of the outlet tube of the dust collector of the invention.

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the recovery vane assembly shown in Fig. 5; and

Fig. 7 is a true section 7-7 rotated into plane x--x of Fig. 4.'

The vane a ratio of maximum T to minimum B foil thickness of from about 4.0 to about 6.0, preferably about 6.0. It has its maximum thickness T located at 1 from 1,0 lto.rl8.5v% of the chord length from the leading edge 17' of the vane,i preferably -at about 11% thereof. Its total deflection angle, definedV as the angle between thetangents to the leading and trailing edges 17 and 19 of the `upstreamtace 2.1 ofthe vane, is in the range of about 105 to 115, preferably about 115.

Thes'vanes are so positioned in the inlet entrance to the separatinghchamber that the line tangent to the upstream face 21 at the trailing edge of the vane is at an angle of-from about 95 to about 105 with the parallel projection of the tube axis.

The number of vanes in` the inlet -vane assembly is at leas'trseven and may be varied from seven' up to a maximum'dened by the relation n=1.4 D/ T wherein n is the number of blades, D is the collector tube diameter and T is the maximumV blade thickness. Within this range the number of blades may be selected with respect tothe desired relationship between collector flow capacity tube. The dust collector may be used either singly or in at a given pressure' drop and dust collection eiciency. Within the designated range collection eiciency increases with increasing number of vanes while the collector caly spaced about the axis of the outlet tube 13, every ele-` ment of the vanes being radial to and intersecting at the -axis C, Fig. v6, of the outlet tube. The angle of a line 29 with respect tothe tube axis C is from about 40 to 50 and preferably about 45. Line 29 is a straight line which is tangent, at the leading edge 23 of vane 17, to a line 30 extending centrally through an edge of the vane 17 measured on a radius R, 0.153 D of the collector tube. The angle of a -line 32 with respect to the tube axisC is zero. Line 32 is tangent to line 30 at the trailing edge 25 of the vane 17. The axial length A of the outlet vane asembly is in the range of about 0.50 D

In a typical dust collector embodying the principles Patented May 1o, 1960 of the invention, the length of the collector tube may be 4.3 D (D being the inside diameter of the collector tube) with a tapered dust outlet portion 11, 1.3 D in length and tapering to a dust outlet 0.45 ADin diameter.

The outlet tube may be 0.67 D in diameter-and project 1.05 D into the upper end of thejcollector tube.

The preferred collector tube length may be deined as the ratio of the distance between the lower end of the gas outlet tube and the dust outlet Vto the inside diameter of the collector tube. This ratio-may 'range from about 1.95 to about 3.25 and is"`pr eferablyy about 1.95. Y

The improved cyclonic dust collector of the invention may be varied in design and construction within the4 ranges described and explained above tof adapt the collector to a wide variety of industrial gas cleaning problems while maintaining high collection e'iciencies prising a cylindrical collector tube, an outlet tube con-- centrically positioned in the inlet portion of the collector tube and dening therewith an annular separating chamber, not less than seven aerodynamically-shaped arcuate vaneshaving a maximum foil thickness lfrom about 4 to about 6 times the minimum foil thickness positioned in the inlet to the separating chamber adjacent the inlet end of the collector tube, the maximum foil thickness of the inlet vanes being located at from about to about 18.5% of the chord length from the leading edge of the vanes, and a plurality of helical recovery vanes positioned at the inlet end of the outlet tube.

2. A reverse gas ow Cyclonic dust collector comprising a cylindrical collector tube, an outlet tube concentrically positioned in the inlet portion of the collector tube and delining therewith an annular separating'ehamber, not less than seven aerodynamically-shaped.arcuate vanes having a maximum foil thickness of from about 4 to 6 times the minimum foil thickness positioned ,in the inlet to the separating chamber adjacent theinlet end of the collector tube,`the angle between the tangents to the leading and trailing edges of the upstream faces of the inlet vanes being from about 105 to about 115, and a plurality of helical recovery yanes positioned at the inlet end of the outlet tube. i

3. A reverse gas flow cyclonic dust collector comprising a cylindrical collector tube, an outlet tube concentrically positioned in the inlet portion of the collector tube and defining therewith an annular separating chamber, not less than seven aerodynamically-shaped arcuate vanes having a maximum foil thickness of from about 4 to about 6 times the minimum foil thicknesspositioned inthe inlet to the separating chamber adjacent the inlet end of the collector tube, the inlet vanes being positioned with the tangent to the trailing edge of the upstream faces of the vanes at an angle of from about 95 to about 105 to the tube axis, and a plurality of helical recovery vanes positioned at the inlet end of the outlet tube. i

4. A reverse gas low cyclonic dust collector comprising a cylindrical collector tube, an outlet tube concentrically positioned in the inlet portion of the collector tube and defining therewith an annular separating chamber-,not less than seven aerodynamically-shaped arcuate vanes having a maximum foil thickness of from about 4 to about 6 times the minimum foil thickness positioned in the inlet to the separating chamber adjacent the inlet end of the collector tube, the number of inlet vanes being not less than seven and not more than 1.4 D/ T wherein D is the inside diameter of the collector tube and'T is 4 the maximum blade thickness, anda plurality of helical recovery vanes positioned at the inlet end of the outlet tube. 4

5. A reverse gas ow cyclonic dust collector compris ing a cylindrical collector tube, an outlet tube concentrically positioned in the inlet portion of the collector tube t and dening therewith an annular separating chamber,

not less than seven aerodynamically-shaped arcuate vanes having a maximum foil thickness of from about 4 to about 6 times the minimum foil thickness positioned in the inlet to the separating chamber adjacent the inlet end of the collector tube, the inlet vanes being located at from about 10% to about 18.5% of the chord length from the leading edge of the vanes, the angle between the tangents to the leading and trailing edges of the upstream faces of the vanes being from about 105 to about 115, and the vanes being positioned with tangent to the trailing edge of the upstream faces of the vanes at an angle of from about 95 to about 105 to the tube axis, aud a plurality of helical recovery vanes positioned at the inlet end of the outlet tube.

t 6. A reverse gas ow cyclonic dust collector comprising a cylindrical collector tube, an outlet tube concentrically positioned in the inlet portion of the collector tube and defining therewith an annular separating chamber, not less than seven aerodynamically-shaped arcuate vanes having a maximum foil thickness from about 4 to about 6 times the minimum foil thickness positioned in the inlet to the separating chamber adjacent the inlet end of the collector tube, the maximum foil thickness of the inlet vanes being located at from about 10% to about 18.5% of the chord length from the leading edge of the vanes,

and a plurality of helical recovery vanes positioned at the inlet end of the outlet tube and projecting from the lower'end of the outlet tube a distance of from about 0.3 to about 0.4 times the inner diameter of the collector tube.

7. A reverse gas flow cyclonic dust collector comprising agcylindrical ,collector tube, an outlet tube concentrically positioned in the inlet portion of the collector tube and defining therewith an annular separating chamber, not less than seven aerodynamically-shaped arcuate vanes Vhaving a maximum foil thickness from about 4 to about 6 times the minimum foil thickness positioned in the inlet to the separating chamber adjacent the inlet end of the collector tube, the maximum foil thickness of the inlet vanes being located at from about 10% to about 18.5% of the chord length from the leading edge of the vanes, and a plurality of helical recovery vanes positioned at the inlet end of the outlet tube and projecting from the lower end of the outlet tube a distance of from about 0.3 to about 0.4 times the inner diameter of the collector tube, the leading edges of the helical recovery vanes being at an angle of from about 40 to about 50 to the tube axis at a radius of 0.1530 D and the trailing edges of the said vanes being at an angle of about zero with the tube axis.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Germany a July 8, 1954 

